Test 6 · ★ · Gases all around: breath and balloons
In class, Sam pumps air into lime water and nothing much happens; then he breathes into it and it goes milky. Why the difference?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sam, much, air · What happens: pump, happen, breathe, go · To what, where: air, class, water
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 20 «Gases all around: breath and balloons» of the chemistry course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: In class, Sam pumps air into lime water and nothing much happens; then he breathes into it and it goes milky.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 class | case |
| 2 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pumps | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 class | punct |
| 4 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 pumps | nsubj |
| 5 | pumps | pump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pumps | obj |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 8 | lime | lime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 water | compound |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pumps | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 nothing | cc |
| 11 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 water | conj |
| 12 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 happens | nsubj |
| 13 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 nothing | acl:relcl |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 breathes | punct |
| 15 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 breathes | advmod |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 breathes | nsubj |
| 17 | breathes | breathe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 pumps | conj |
| 18 | into | into | ADP | _ | 19 it | case |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 breathes | obl |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 goes | cc |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 goes | nsubj |
| 22 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 breathes | conj |
| 23 | milky | milky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 goes | xcomp |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 pumps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pump | present | Sam | air | class | into lime water | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent air=Theme in class=Destination | ||
| 2 | happen | present | much | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | breathe | present | Sam | water | then | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 4 | go | present | air | milky property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: Why the difference?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 difference | det |
| 3 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Breath is warmer, and lime water likes heat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 warmer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 warmer | cop |
| 3 | warmer | warm | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 likes | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 likes | cc |
| 6 | lime | lime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 water | compound |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 likes | nsubj |
| 8 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 warmer | conj |
| 9 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 likes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Breath | warm property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | like | present | lime water | heat | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot heat=Theme |
Option 2
The pump was broken
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pump | det |
| 2 | pump | pump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 broken | aux:pass |
| 4 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past · passive | the pump | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
Sam's breath had sweets in it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 breath | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Sam | case |
| 3 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 had | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 had | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Sam's breath | sweets | it | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Breath has much more carbon dioxide
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | much | much | ADV | _ | 4 more | advmod |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 dioxide | amod |
| 5 | carbon | carbon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dioxide | compound |
| 6 | dioxide | dioxide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Breath | more carbon dioxide | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dioxide=Patient |
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